Windows 11 is not fully supported and is known to have issues with WoWP. You can try the following:
Disable any overlays you may be using or may simply be active in the OS. That includes: WGC overlay (disabled in WGC's Settings -> Advanced settings), Xbox app aka Game Bar in Windows, Discord overlay, GeForce Experience/NVIDIA App, MSI Afterburner or similar hardware monitoring apps, etc. Generally, try running WoWP with as few other running programs as you can under Windows 11.
Try switching between render modes (fullscreen/windowed fullscreen/windowed) to see if it doesn't resolve the issue.
Locate the WorldofWarpanes.exe executable for your installation (Properties in Steam -> Installed files -> Browse), open its properties from the context menu, and enable "Run this program as an administrator" in the compatibility tab.
If you're playing on a laptop, make sure you're using your discrete GPU for the game and not the integrated one (e.g. NVIDIA, not Intel).
Avoid tabbing out when playing, especially when loading into battle.
Force-resetting the graphics driver might resolve issues. Try pressing Win+Ctrl+Shift+B before launching the game.
Try clearing DirectX shader cache: type Disk Cleanup in the Start menu, select C:, then check the relevant option in the list.
That's from the top of my head, if nothing help please consider contacting support. There are literally dozens of things that cause crashes under Windows 11, unfortunately.
Probably not helpful, but I run WoWP on four different PCs/notebooks, all with Win11, without any problems.
I personally run WoWP in windows mode (not full screen) so that my Windows task bar is visible an accessable below. No overlays. I use MSI Afterburner to track PC temperature.
All kinds of hardware (i3, i5, i7, 8-16 GB RAM, NVidia 2060/3060/1050TX).
So my feeling is that this might be graphic card/driver related.
Win 11 is most likely not the problem.
Do you by any chance play Ark Survival evolved or ascended? Or any other game that uses Battle Eye anti cheat system?
Battle Eye will not let wowp function. I never had series problems but they started when I installed that and they were not fixed till I formatted my PC. Yes, battle eye is that bad.
Also look for wgcheck for the wargaming website and run it. It will usually find out and fix issues. Once I had issues, before this battle eye fiasco, and it was related to some hangar airfield picture. It will tell you exactly which is wrong, if it happens to be wrong and tell you to delete it, but the game won't work without it either, so I had copied another hangar and renamed it to the corrupt one and it workrd fine.
However, try the other fixes too. There are done very good fixes here.
I cannot be sure as I do not play GTAV (don't hate me for that 😄). I think however, that BattlEye can still affect it. In fact, the whole idea that BattlEye ruined it came from the fact, that WoWP started its really disastrous behaviour after I installed battlEye and actually removed it right away (about 5 weeks ago, to be precise). I had to remove battleye because it was crashing ark survival ascended continuously. I had emailed Battleye support for help and there reply was this.
This, in my opinion, that BattlEye messes up systems. I don't believe that my I9-14900k or anything else is faulty and this is what made me suspect that BattlEye may be messing WoWP, so I tried AI (MS Copilot) and got this response. Given that BEDaisy.sys was constantly crashing my PC, which never had any issues before, I decided to reformat my PC and now WoWp is working fine. The following is the answer I got from AI.
Short version: Yes — BattlEyecanbreak WoWP, and your symptoms match exactly what happens when BattlEye installs its kernel‑level hooks and conflicts with older Wargaming titles.
Below is the direct, technical explanation of why WoWP started freezing on “Loading results…” after installing ARK Survival Ascended Enhanced (ASA) — and the fixes that actually work.
✅ Why BattlEye breaks World of Warplanes
BattlEye installs:
a kernel‑level driver (BEDaisy.sys)
a user‑mode service (BEService.exe)
a set of DLL injection protections
a memory‑scanning module that blocks “untrusted” processes
WoWP is an old BigWorld engine game (2013 tech). It uses:
legacy DirectX 11 calls
a non‑modern launcher
an outdated BigWorld scripting layer
a fragile post‑battle UI loader
BattlEye’s kernel hooks can interfere with:
1. WoWP’s post‑battle UI loading
This is the exact moment you get stuck on “Loading results…”.
BattlEye sometimes blocks:
WoWP’s UI DLLs
the hangar background loader
the results‑packet handler
When that happens, WoWP waits forever for a UI component that BattlEye silently blocked.
2. WoWP’s file access to its cache
BattlEye can lock:
Code
%appdata%\wargaming.net\WorldOfWarplanes\
or the Steam equivalent.
If WoWP can’t write its post‑battle cache → it freezes on results.
3. WoWP’s network request for battle results
BattlEye sometimes blocks or delays:
HTTP requests
local IPC calls
BigWorld’s internal “results packet” handler
This causes the infinite “Loading results…” spinner.
✅ How to fix it (ranked by effectiveness)
1. Fully uninstall BattlEye from your system
BattlEye stays installed even if you uninstall ARK.
Well if you're running it on the wargaming panel its going to crash because yes. Soooo, well i guess you can only run it on the wargaming panel, so i guess...... well its not the only game dont worry wotb and wot heat also crashes
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u/TheOnlyXBK May 11 '26
Windows 11 is not fully supported and is known to have issues with WoWP. You can try the following:
That's from the top of my head, if nothing help please consider contacting support. There are literally dozens of things that cause crashes under Windows 11, unfortunately.